Espionage Made Easy

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Espionage Made Easy
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Studio album by Cold War
Released May 8, 2007
Recorded Victoria Street Studios,
Costa Mesa, California, US
Genre Metalcore, hardcore punk
Length33:36
Label Indecision
Producer Cold War
Justin Sturm
Cold War chronology
From Russia with Love
(2004)		Espionage Made Easy
(2007)

Espionage Made Easy is the second full-length studio album from Californian hardcore/metalcore band, Cold War. It was released in May 2007 on the notable independent hardcore specialist label, Indecision Records. [1]

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bloodrush" – 2:22
  2. "My Saviour" – 4:06
  3. "The Mountain" – 4:10
  4. "Gotta Be" – 2:28
  5. "Fire It Up" – 3:25
  6. "Intermission" – 0:18
  7. "What Great Purpose" – 3:31
  8. "Outside of the Incrowd" – 2:51
  9. "Still Kickin" – 2:49
  10. "The Traveler" – 4:49
  11. "To the MaXXX" – 2:47

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Throwdown (band) musical ensemble

Throwdown is an American straight edge metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1997. They have toured as part of Ozzfest, Sounds of the Underground, Hellfest, and Warped Tour, and with bands such as In Flames, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Korn and Cavalera Conspiracy. The songs "Forever" and "Burn" have been staples on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball and Revolver Magazine called them part of "The Future of Metal" after hearing the album Vendetta. Initially branded a hardcore band, their most recent albums Venom and Tears and Deathless have taken a sharp direction towards metal, with critics likening the band's sound to that of Pantera, Sepultura, and Crowbar.

Costa Mesa, California City in California

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and edge city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light manufacturing. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 United States Census.

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References

  1. ↑ Espionage Made Easy at AllMusic


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